Scottish Geographical Medal

The Scottish Geographical Medal is the most prestigious award of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and recognises conspicuous merit and achievement of international repute. First awarded in 1890 as the Gold Medal, it was given its current name in 1933.^[1]

Recipients of the Scottish Geographical Medal

Source: RSGS

• 2012 David Hempleman-Adams
• 2011 Sir David Attenborough
• 2008 Professor Nigel Thrift
• 2006 Vanessa Lawrence
• 2004 Professor David Lowenthal
• 2002 Professor Sir Ron Cooke
• 2001 The American Geographical Society
• 2000 Professor Kenneth J. Gregory
• 1999 Professor Colin Clarke
• 1998 Professor J. Terence Coppock CBE
• 1997 Professor Eckart Ehlers
• 1996 Gilbert M. Grosvenor
• 1995 Professor H. Th. Verstappen
• 1994 Dr. Denis St-Onge
• 1993 Professor Peter Haggett
• 1992 The Sierra Club, USA
• 1989 The Rt Hon. The Lord Shackleton of Burley
• 1988 Professor Stig Jaatinen
• 1984 Professor J. Wreford Watson
• 1972 George E. R. Deacon
• 1969 Professor J. A. Steers
• 1964 Professor L. Dudley Stamp
• 1958 Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs
• 1954 Dr. John Bartholomew MC
• 1945 Professor Herbert J. Fleure
• 1944 James M. Wordie
• 1933 The Baron Meston of Agra and Dunottar KCSI

Recipients of the Gold Medal

Source: RSGS

• 1927 John Mathieson FRSE FRSGS
• 1924 Dr Hugh Robert Mill
• 1923 Professor J W Gregory FRS
• 1919 Rt Hon Field-Marshal Earl Haig of Bemersyde KT
• 1915 Dr John Scott Keltie
• 1913 Professor Albrecht Penck
• 1912 Captain Roald Amundsen
• 1911 James Young Buchanan
• 1910 Professor James Geikie
• 1908 Dr Sven Hedin
• 1906 HSH Albert I, Prince of Monaco
• 1905 Colonel Sir Francis Younghusband KCIE
• 1904 Dr William Speirs Bruce
• 1897 Dr Fridtjof Nansen
• 1890 H M Stanley MP

References

1. "Scottish Geographical Medal". Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 26 August 2015.